a field study was conducted to determine the effects of planting method, density and nicosulforon on corn (ksc704) and weeds grown in corn at agricultural and natural resources research center of khorasan-razavi province, iran in 2009-2010 growing season. the treatments were: three planting methods (one row, two row and in-row), two planting density (75000 and 90000 plants/ha) and three doses o...

In this research effects of active toothed coulter on planter penetration in semi-dried soils covered with previous wheat (Triticum aestivum) residue was studied. Therefore, effects of three levels of speed ratio (coulter peripheral speed/tractor forward speed; 1.22, 2, 3) at two previous residue levels (baled and non-baled) and two modes of planter attachment (with and without row cleaner) on ...

METHODS: Plots measuring 9 ft X 17.5 feet (2.5 X 5 m), consisting of 4 rows with 3 ft (0.9 m) row spacing, were located on the Southern Agricultural Research Center (SARC) at Huntley, MT. The trial was planted 28 May, using third generation, PVX certified seed potatoes, cv. “Russet Norkotah”, machine-cut into 2 to 2.3 oz seed pieces, with all seed pieces being placed into furrows by hand, and c...

BACKGROUND Accumulated biological research outcomes show that biological functions do not depend on individual genes, but on complex gene networks. Microarray data are widely used to cluster genes according to their expression levels across experimental conditions. However, functionally related genes generally do not show coherent expression across all conditions since any given cellular proces...

The basic requirements for small scale cropping machines are, they should be suitable for small farms, simple in design and technology and versatile for use in different farm operations. A manually operated template row planter was designed and developed to improve planting efficiency and reduce drudgery involved in manual planting method. Seed planting is also possible for different size of se...